Experimental Equipment
The design and development of experimental equipment for space-based scientific research is a long-standing capability of Teledyne Brown Engineering.
- Apollo, Spacelab, and Apollo-Soyuz all included experimental hardware designed and built by the Company under NASA contracts.
- With our selection as the Space Shuttle Payload Mission Integration Contractor, we gained an international reputation as a developer of equipment for space experiments.
- We are particularly known for our crystal growth furnaces. One of these, the most complex furnace system ever developed for space, functioned flawlessly for 600 hours on two space missions.
- The Company has also developed numerous other hardware systems for microgravity research, including a series of highly complex gloveboxes used on missions of several countries.
- An optical monitor for characterizing protein crystal growth was completed for the University of California - Irvine.
Teledyne Brown's expertise in developing space-flight experimental hardware covers the full spectrum, from concept to assistance for user:
- Requirements Definition
- Analysis and Design
- High-Fidelity Mockups Integration
- Prototype Fabrication
- Apparatus Production
- Flight Qualification
- Spacecraft
- User Training.
For more details on Teledyne Brown's capabilities in experimental hardware development, see our Web pages on Hardware Engineering & Fabrication.
For
additional information, contact
Michael R. DeFatta
Director, Manufactured Products
mike.defatta@tbe.com
256-726-1687